Hi all!
F12 is looking really good here, but I do have one small issue that I'd like guidance on...
when I change the wallpaper (background) image, it reverts to the original one as soon as I do one of: logout and in; reboot; use the desktop switcher, after which even the original desktop has reverted.
How to make it stick? Even choosing the "make default" button makes no difference, it still reverts.
And worse, the default image isn't the right size/shape, so it leaves big white borders on the left and right side of the screen. :(
Never had this problem on F10 or F11 on the same computer.
Thanks in advance!
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
Anybody got any clues on this one? So far no one has replied. I've been searching fedora forums and mailing lists, and gnome forums and mailing lists and no solutions have turned up.
it's rather a pain in the neck:
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
Thanks!
F12 is looking really good here, but I do have one small issue that I'd like guidance on...
when I change the wallpaper (background) image, it reverts to the original one as soon as I do one of: logout and in; reboot; use the desktop switcher, after which even the original desktop has reverted.
How to make it stick? Even choosing the "make default" button makes no difference, it still reverts.
And worse, the default image isn't the right size/shape, so it leaves big white borders on the left and right side of the screen. :(
Never had this problem on F10 or F11 on the same computer.
Thanks in advance!
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On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 21:19 -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
Anybody got any clues on this one? So far no one has replied. I've been searching fedora forums and mailing lists, and gnome forums and mailing lists and no solutions have turned up.
it's rather a pain in the neck:
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
Hi Fred,
I just upgraded from FC11 to FC12 myself, and I don't have that problem unless the image I'm attempting to set is on a network drive.
Is the image you're using on the local machine?
Mike n0so@att.net
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:12:57PM -0600, Mike Heitmann wrote:
On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 21:19 -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
Anybody got any clues on this one? So far no one has replied. I've been searching fedora forums and mailing lists, and gnome forums and mailing lists and no solutions have turned up.
it's rather a pain in the neck:
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
Hi Fred,
I just upgraded from FC11 to FC12 myself, and I don't have that problem unless the image I'm attempting to set is on a network drive.
Is the image you're using on the local machine?
No, it's on the local drive in exactly the samem place it was when F11 was the OS on the same machine--I did an upgrade in place, not an update.
Fred
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:58 -0500 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
I don't use this but decided to try it because of your post. It failed just as you describe, F12 x86_64.
According to the documentation, all that is necessary is to use make default. Now, I wonder if somewhere in the background there isn't some sort of quiet authorization failure, because it does ask for the root password. I took a quick look through logs (probably the wrong ones) and didn't see anything.
I suggest you open a bug against gnome at http://bugzilla.redhat.com
And worse, the default image isn't the right size/shape, so it leaves big white borders on the left and right side of the screen. :(
This isn't true on my computer, covers the screen. In fact, I quite like the default image.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:39:39PM -0700, stan wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:58 -0500 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
I don't use this but decided to try it because of your post. It failed just as you describe, F12 x86_64.
According to the documentation, all that is necessary is to use make default. Now, I wonder if somewhere in the background there isn't some sort of quiet authorization failure, because it does ask for the root password. I took a quick look through logs (probably the wrong ones) and didn't see anything.
even when I choose "make default", and successfully (apparently) go thru the authentication dialog, it still occurs.
now, this morning, I'm seeing new behavior. when I change the desktop it still behaves as I describe, BUT... if I leave it alone and don't mess with it, every few minutes the background changes as if it's changing them periodically all by itself, but they STILL don't display at the correct aspect ratio (and most of them have been scaled to be an exact fit on the 1024x600 screen). As far as I can recall I've not chosen any such behavior anywhere.
I have the feeling there's a "feature" somewhere I've tripped over without realizing it.
I suggest you open a bug against gnome at http://bugzilla.redhat.com
I may do that if I can't figure something out soon.
And worse, the default image isn't the right size/shape, so it leaves big white borders on the left and right side of the screen. :(
This isn't true on my computer, covers the screen. In fact, I quite like the default image.
I seem to be getting the same default image I had in F11, not the image with the grid of squares I saw in the F12 preview I've played with. maybe that's a result of doing an upgrade instead of reinstall.
Thanks for the reply!
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 08:53:38AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:39:39PM -0700, stan wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:19:58 -0500 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:22:05AM -0500, fred smith wrote:
Hi all!
I can set a wallpaper and it disappears (i.e., reverts to the system default) as soon as I change desktops or log off/on.
Never did that on F11, why is it doing it now, and more importantly, what do I do about it?
I don't use this but decided to try it because of your post. It failed just as you describe, F12 x86_64.
According to the documentation, all that is necessary is to use make default. Now, I wonder if somewhere in the background there isn't some sort of quiet authorization failure, because it does ask for the root password. I took a quick look through logs (probably the wrong ones) and didn't see anything.
even when I choose "make default", and successfully (apparently) go thru the authentication dialog, it still occurs.
now, this morning, I'm seeing new behavior. when I change the desktop it still behaves as I describe, BUT... if I leave it alone and don't mess with it, every few minutes the background changes as if it's changing them periodically all by itself, but they STILL don't display at the correct aspect ratio (and most of them have been scaled to be an exact fit on the 1024x600 screen). As far as I can recall I've not chosen any such behavior anywhere.
I have the feeling there's a "feature" somewhere I've tripped over without realizing it.
Ah HA!
It seems that somehow wallpapoz was running. Stopped the wallpapoz daemon, changed the startup settings so it won't be started on boot, and now the wallpaper settings are behaving as they used to.
Thanks to all for the advice!
I suggest you open a bug against gnome at http://bugzilla.redhat.com
I may do that if I can't figure something out soon.
And worse, the default image isn't the right size/shape, so it leaves big white borders on the left and right side of the screen. :(
This isn't true on my computer, covers the screen. In fact, I quite like the default image.
I seem to be getting the same default image I had in F11, not the image with the grid of squares I saw in the F12 preview I've played with. maybe that's a result of doing an upgrade instead of reinstall.
Thanks for the reply!
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